I like where you located those amps.
2019 - 12" JL Audio subwoofer install under cargo panel!
12" JL Audio subwoofer install in a custom built sealed enclosure under cargo panel!
It's been a while since being active here, but I'm excited to share with the group my custom subwoofer installation! I'm an audiophile guy, and installed aftermarket speakers and a 6 channel AudioControl amp in my 2019 Limited as soon as I bought the car. I've been very happy with the setup, but I don't get good bass. Since the pandemic I've been driving much more than before, between upstate and the city, and I decided to add a subwoofer to make my listening more enjoyable
I spent a lot of time figuring out how to do this - I wanted high quality bass response, which needs a good size speaker in an enclosure with some volume, but I didn't want a box taking up valuable cargo space. So using the recommendation of the audio shop that installed my system - who said to put the sub sitting on the spare tire under the cargo panel; and with TONS of design help from experts on the DIYMA forum, I put together an enclosure that fits really well and is large enough to hold a JL Audio 12-TW3 D4. I got an AudioControl LC1.800 monoblock amp to power it.
And WOW I am thrilled with the bass! I was grinning from ear to ear on my first 3 hour drive, cranking up some tunes (probably louder than I should). Here's pics I took putting it together. It's an odd shape: a shallow trapezoid (so that the top panel becomes level), with a cutout extension on the bottom that sits in the well of the spare. This was needed for the speaker to fit and to give some additional volume. The speaker is also recessed quite a bit to allow for speaker movement without the risk of it getting too close to the grill.
This was totally a passion project of mine, something I can now check off my bucket list! Well...not quite yet check it off, cause now I realize that the sound coming out of the factory head unit is kinda crappy and I need to figure this out...but that is for another thread!
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It's been a while since being active here, but I'm excited to share with the group my custom subwoofer installation! I'm an audiophile guy, and installed aftermarket speakers and a 6 channel AudioControl amp in my 2019 Limited as soon as I bought the car. I've been very happy with the setup, but I don't get good bass. Since the pandemic I've been driving much more than before, between upstate and the city, and I decided to add a subwoofer to make my listening more enjoyable
I spent a lot of time figuring out how to do this - I wanted high quality bass response, which needs a good size speaker in an enclosure with some volume, but I didn't want a box taking up valuable cargo space. So using the recommendation of the audio shop that installed my system - who said to put the sub sitting on the spare tire under the cargo panel; and with TONS of design help from experts on the DIYMA forum, I put together an enclosure that fits really well and is large enough to hold a JL Audio 12-TW3 D4. I got an AudioControl LC1.800 monoblock amp to power it.
And WOW I am thrilled with the bass! I was grinning from ear to ear on my first 3 hour drive, cranking up some tunes (probably louder than I should). Here's pics I took putting it together. It's an odd shape: a shallow trapezoid (so that the top panel becomes level), with a cutout extension on the bottom that sits in the well of the spare. This was needed for the speaker to fit and to give some additional volume. The speaker is also recessed quite a bit to allow for speaker movement without the risk of it getting too close to the grill.
This was totally a passion project of mine, something I can now check off my bucket list! Well...not quite yet check it off, cause now I realize that the sound coming out of the factory head unit is kinda crappy and I need to figure this out...but that is for another thread!
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Well, just before the temperature dropped to around 20°F here in Houston, I bought a new battery for my car.
A coworker helped replace the stock battery, and when we finished, the clock on the center-dash display was no longer one hour off --- it's now something like 5 hours and 20 minutes wrong, with no way to set it.
A coworker helped replace the stock battery, and when we finished, the clock on the center-dash display was no longer one hour off --- it's now something like 5 hours and 20 minutes wrong, with no way to set it.
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